Online LASUG #6 – Blockchain, Forms & Commerce Minions

Blockchain is a new technology that has been hyped up recently, but not many understand the real impact it will have on everything around us and e-commerce space in particular. In this presentation we’ll cover what blockchain is, realistic use cases and take a look at the integrations setup with the Ethereum blockchain and the released integration plugins.

Presenter:

Vasiliy Fomichev, Sitecore Commerce MVP. Technical team and practice lead specializing in Sitecore Content Management System (CMS) and Sitecore Commerce (SXC), artificial intelligence (ML with R#) and Blockchain. Extensive experience with business development processes, team dynamics and leadership, system and solution architecture and security, Sitecore and .NET recommended practice training and mentoring.

WFFM is dead. Long live Forms. One of the most popular Sitecore modules has finally been given a modern overhaul. Moving from a mature module presents both great opportunity but also new challenges trying to replicate well established business processes. What the new Experience Forms means to you and the power behind it.

Presenter:

Mike Reynolds, also known as the Sitecore Junkie, the Sitecore Wizard or just “Mike”, is a Sitecore MVP with almost twelve years of Sitecore architecture and development experience with a proven track record of pushing the envelope of the Sitecore Experience Platform to deliver best-of-breed solutions for clients. A well-known thought leader in the Sitecore community, Reynolds was recognized as a Sitecore Technology MVP from 2014 – 2018 for his community contributions.

“The Commerce Minions role is an instance of the Commerce Engine that runs independently and supports asynchronous processing”. In this presentation, we will go through the process of understanding the role of minions, how they are configured and deep dive into a use case on how we used it to manage orders.

Presenter:

Srikanth Kondapally is a Sitecore Commerce MVP, Solutions Architect and web applications developer who is passionate about developing new capabilities for his clients within the CMS and Commerce platforms. During his free time, he likes to learn and contribute to the Sitecore community by sharing his work experiences through blogs, developing new modules and integrations with other technologies. Srikanth integrated Amazon Alexa and Sitecore Commerce with a first to market solution to deliver a Voice Commerce experience.